I'm 18, 5'6 and 145lbs. I had a breast reduction in January 2014. I went from a 34HH to a 36DD. Two weeks ago, I went for a follow up appointment, and my doctor had told me that my incisions were very wide and lumpy. He injected steroids on in three different parts of the incisions. Recently the incisions have been much more irritated, very itchy! Today I noticed that there was a red spot above my incision, and when i pressed on it, it spread that itchy irritated feeling through my breast.
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May 3, 2014
Answer: BR 3 months post op, ITCHY ITCHY INCISIONS! Why?
I'm sorry to hear about the complication you have experience. Sometimes these “open wounds” will get a little worse/bigger before they begin to heal and decrease in size. Your plastic surgeon will be in the best position to advise you; for example sometimes an exposed suture may del...
Individuals recover differently but most breast reduction patients are back to everyday activity in just a few days. The specifics of your convalescence will be managed by your own plastic surgeon.